Probing the strong gravity regime with eLISA: Progress on EMRIs
Carlos F. Sopuerta (ICE (CSIC-IEEC))
TL;DR
This paper discusses how extreme mass ratio inspirals (EMRIs) detected by eLISA can serve as precise probes for testing black hole geometry and the strong gravity regime.
Contribution
It reviews progress on using EMRIs as tools for testing fundamental physics in the strong gravity regime with space-based gravitational wave observatories.
Findings
EMRIs are promising sources for testing black hole metrics.
eLISA can achieve high-precision measurements of strong-field gravity.
Progress has been made in understanding EMRI signals for gravity tests.
Abstract
The capture of a stellar-mass compact object by a supermassive black hole and the subsequent inspiral (driven by gravitational radiation emission) constitute one of the most important sources of gravitational waves for space-based observatories like eLISA/NGO. In this article we describe their potential as high-precision tools that can be used to perform tests of the geometry of black holes and also of the strong field regime of gravity.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena · Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations